School Song

Empehi, Empehi we are loyal.


Empehi, Empehi we are true. 


We will fight for your colors flying, 


for the green and the white and for you...rah rah



as our team marches into the battle, 


we will fight for your victory and fame


Empehi, Empehi--- we are ever FAITHFUL 


and proud of your glorious name.

la la la la la...la la la la la.....la la la la la la....










Do we have the correct lyrics?








Rip em up, tear em down, Rip em up, tear em down

Tony Visser's Mustang.  A Horse of a Different Color

MPHS Football

Photos submitted by Ron Veenstra

Sutherland Photos

Photos From Scott Brissey

Here are the photographs of the classes at Elizabeth B. Sutherland Grammar school.

This is the list of names of the Graduate Class from the copy printed in the Beverly Review:

Front row,left-right: Barb Schultz, Kathleen O'Brien, Janice Bonaguro, Susan Long, Jill Durham, April Lais, and Jane Mulder.

Second row: Scott Brissey, Cynthia Stark, Robert Hoffman, Lynn Carlson, Terry

Lason, Janet Zinsmiester, Dave Innes,, and Joan VanDahm.

3rd row: Wayne Fern, Corliss Briggs, Lawrence Reynolds, John Pihl, John Harshnek, Dick Smith, Steve Staphanos, Pat Ruhling, and Roy Spalding.

This is a partial list for the 7A-7B class:

Front row: Terry Lason, Al Engelberg, Bob Hoffman, Dave Innes, Scott Brissey.

Second row: Jill Durham, Kathleen O'Brien, Janice Bonogruro, Sue Long, April Lais, Joan Van Dahm, Pam Wells, Barb Schultz.

Third row: Steve Staphos, ?, -- Goldburg, Larry Reynolds, John Pihl, Dick Smith,,

Wayne Fern, Roy Spaulding Dave Finkel, Cynthia Stark, Margot Nelson.

Fourth row:Jay Schalson (?), Bob Gibson, Bob Harschnek, Kimberly Young, Corliss Briggs, Pat Ruhling, Lynn Carlson, Jayne Mulder, Jan Zinsmiester.

These photos show why I have been reluctant to go to Reunions. Today, any good school counselor would take one look at me and think: "RITALIN",

And they would be right.

The Clissord Class photo may not have anyone from our class because I was held back in 4th grade.

Regards,

Scott Brissey

Sutherland 1960 submitted by Scott Brissey.

MPHS Car and Driving Stories

Most of us have a fondness (or hatred) for our first car and/or our first driving experience. It represented freedom and adulthood.

We have been sharing driving and car stories from our MPHS years on our Yahoo page. Some of the stories are summarized below.  If you have some stories or photos you would like to share, please email them to us and we will post.

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Tony Visser's Mighty Mighty Mustang

My first car was a 1966 Mustang and is 

parked in my garage. Runs like a champ.

I think there's a team with that name at Morgan Park H.S.

Tony Visser      Sutherland 63

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Lucky, Blessed, Fortunate and sooooo much fun for you....

Definitely cool. Then and now.

Ron Veenstra

Thanks Ron.  I've can't tell you how much fun it is to romp around with in good weather.  There have been some performance upgrades, headers, 5 speed Tremec T5, 330 hp, the list is long.  My son will get it someday, just to keep it in the family.

TV

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Renee Toppen, Don Martensen and Allen Carlson MPHS Jan 66

 Dueling Volkswagen Prepare for a Drag Race

Dave Innes MPHS Jan 66  - James Bond Studebaker Hawk

Whizzer Motorbike - Classic Mt Greenwood Chopper - Photo from Bob Glines MPHS Jan 66. Bob, Pete Terry, Don Martensen, George Traister, Tom Schildhouse and Craig Hullinger terrorized the neighborhood with these awsome machines.


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My Norton Commando Interstate approx 1975 ish, with dunstall pipes,very fast for1975

Bob Glines
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Craig Hullinger MPHS Jan 66 - My first car was a 1930 Model A Ford convertible with a rumble seat that I owned in high school.  I bought it in Draper, South Dakota in 1965 where it had been rusting for many years. The body remained in a very rough state - we painted over the rust and welded fenders. 

The top leaked, there was no interior, and you could see the ground 
through the floorboards. But she was my first car and I loved her. 


More on my Model A at 

http://modelahullinger.blogspot.com/

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No photos of the cars, and I burned the negatives.

My first night out after getting my drivers license, I slid on the ice and planted my dad's Pontiac into the light pole in front of Alan Engelberg's house at 100th and Hamilton. It
was still crooked until about 10 years ago. I asked for it having fun on the ice.

Two weeks later we got the car back and I drove to a party at Jack Wiesands. While craning my neck to see who was on the porch as we drove up, I planted the Pontiac into the back of Tom Breen's '58 T-Bird. The
T-Bird didn't have a scratch but the Pontiac was totaled. We pushed it about two blocks down an alley up against a telephone pole and Jim Ohse reached under the dash and pulled out a big handful of wires. I caught a ride to another party at Kathie Kirk's house and called the car in stolen.

Got away with it but sweated bullets for weeks.

A week or so later I promptly drove my brother's MG-A into the back of a Cadillac while trying to fish his sun glasses off the floor after they slid off the dash board.

In the public interest I didn't drive for a while after that. I could'a been the poster boy for why teenagers shouldn't be allowed to drive.

Please don't tell my son, OK?

Willy Horton (Name withheld to protect the guilty)


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Ummm Will, if your dad is no longer on this planet and wasn't aware of this when he was on Earth....he certainly knows about it now if he's on the Other Side. 

And you will most likely be getting a lickin with his halo when the two of you meet up in the distant future. Just a warning.

Sue Engle B


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Just one question, Will:  has your driving improved any over the years?

Marie


Yeah, I learned slowly, but well, and have had no accidents since high school that were my fault. (Got T-boned by a red light runner about 5 years ago, but that was not my fault) Oh yeah. I had a speeding ticket
about 20 years ago, too.

Will

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First Car...my Dad's car....

Hey ....Tony...

My first car that I drove was my Dad's Oldsmolbile...with the llllong...fins...what year was that???? The reason I could drive his car, ..was that my Dad was a painter and had a truck to haul his painting ladders and gear so I got to have his car for school.

I don't know...all i know was that I was able to drive it to school every day, when I was a Jr.at EMPEHI !!!

I had A LOT of friends....well, no one else had "wheels" so , I got to drive a bunch of us girls up to REDS at lunch time....can u imagine TODAY if they let the 3,600 kids here in the H S out for lunch!!!

Geez...Lou - ise!!!

One time at MPEHI I parked on the West side of the school...where all those houses were STILL there to the West of us parkin' on the EAST.....OF THE WEST side of the school!!! follow me??

ANYHOW....when I was leavin' the school I parked SOOO good in between the car in front of me and in back of me... I proceeded to pppull out of the parking
space...APPARENTLY...I didn't back up far ENOUGH and when I pulled out I turned the wheel back to the right 2 soon and KINDA SIDE-SWIhe car in front of me!!!... Well...don't forget I was drivin' a BOAT...for gosh sakes!!! WELL, scared the _______ out of me...cause I thought I damaged my DAD's dog-gone car and how
to ESPLAIN...that to him when he saw the dented in car....

WELL, I got out of the car by the HS to look at my damage...BUTT.... the other car got the damage cause there was the trim going across the side of my car and the other car got the dent goin' all the way across it's body....

What to do???? leave and forget....am sorry...to whoever's car that was.... I was scared... :-(

SO...that's my story...and am stickin' to it...I was stuck to the other car until I pulled out...uuup, up and away...

Oh well,

Then I bought a used 67 chevy in 69. I loved it...black vinyll top and white bodice...(girl terms)

When I think of NO SEATBELTS back in the day...I get a nervous feelin'....geez...how unsafe we were and didn't even realize it!!

MEMORIES...pressed between the pages of my mind.....(bad and good)

p,s, NEVER told my Dad...

P.S. The only thing I didn't like was the back seat of the 66' Mustang...there's wasn't alot of room for the 3rd and 4th person...

AND...it was a darn tight space to make-out in too....

LinLou






I did take a picture of my chevy at 106th place. I wouldn't of gotten away with crackin' up my Dad's olds. I WAS fortunate that the crease was on the "other guys" car instead of my Dad's car!!!!

(maybe that was Will's car that I creased!!...

OH well, if it WAS...he probably ... never got in trouble for it...so

am OK after all these years of feelin' bad about it...thanks...Will...

P.S.Joan.... Then your car looked like a Granny Smith??? You SHOULD have it back...Granny!!! 

LinLou



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Hey Linlou- That was my car you hit!

You owe me $300.

Charles Van Liere 

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My first car was a candy apple green, 1967 Ford Mustang Sprint. Needless to say, I LOVED THAT CAR.  If I dig, I still have a picture of it parked in front of our house on Central Park Ave. in Mt. Greenwood. I was working for the C&NW R.R. at the time (I turned 21 when I worked there), and one of the guys (I worked for the R.R. cops) co-signed the loan I got at the Proviso (yard) credit union, because I had no prior credit, and my father would not co-sign for me. God bless you, Mel Knox!Sure wish I still had that car. It was so sweet!

Joan Pettavino '66


P.S. Sorry my story is so boring compared to Will's, but obviously my parents paid much more attention to what I was doing than Will's did to him. I would NEVER have gotten away with the crap he wrote about. And don't worry, Will, I will not tell your son!  LOL

We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives! Maya Angelou

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My first car was a Valiant. It was cheap and had a manual trans, conversion on the floor and my Dad insisted on a manual trans 'cuz he was a mechanic and felt automatics were expensive to fix and unreliable and he could fix anything on a stick shifter. It had torn seats and a hole in the trunk that splashed water up into the compartment on wet pavement, but it ran, and ran, and ran, and ran (you get the ideas).

It took me long time to get my license 'cuz of my motorcycle accident. Financial responsibility insurance was astronomical.

I bought my first new car, an Olds Cutlass with T-tops a few years later.  In between, I had Ford station wagon that was set up in the back to transport my dog. I was training dogs at the time and it seemed like a good fit.

Tom Schildhouse

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Chuck and Eileen Kuenneth and Larry Habschmidt Jan 66 

                                           Chuck Kuenneth, Larry H. & Chuck's wife Eileen

                               Chuck, Larry & Dave Innes

                                                Dave's heap ~ A '55 DeSoto Fireflite

              


                              

The Difference between men and boys is the price of their toys.

Pete Terry's Jan 66 New Toy

Ken Zalga 65 and Grandaughter and Harley

Songs, Lyrics, Video

Just click on the singer and up will pop a list of songs ... including lyrics. Something here for everyone!!

Some of the videos are unique, many from years ago and may not have been seen before—pretty interesting hearing Roy Orbison sing Unchained Melody…Enjoy!

Artists

1) Elvis Presley  2) Roy Orbison  3) Beatles  4) Abba  5) Bee Gees  6) Michael Jackson  7) John Lennon  8) Celine Dion  9) Frank Sinatra  10) Creedence Clearwater Revival  11) Julio Iglesias  12) Queen  13) Neil Diamond  14) Paul Mccartney  15) Rolling Stones  16) Pink Floyd  17) Bruce Springsteen  18) Elton John  19) U2  20) George Harrison  21) Cliff Richard  22) Tina Turner  23) Bob Marley  24) Andrea Bocelli  25) Dire Straits  26) Barbra Streisand  27) Eagles  28) Madonna  29) Simon & Garfunkel  30) Ac/Dc  31) Bob Dylan  32) Dean Martin  33) Andr? Hazes  34) Tom Jones  35) Eric Clapton  36) John Denver  37) Eros Ramazzotti  38) Deep Purple  39) Led Zeppelin  40) Rod Stewart  41) Status Quo  42) Louis Armstrong  43) Fleetwood Mac  44) Bryan Adams  45) Jimi Hendrix  46) Barry White  47) Nat King Cole  48) Santana  49) Michael Buble  50) Gipsy Kings 51) David Bowie  52) Adriano Celentano  53) Robbie Williams  54) Charles Aznavour  55) Metallica  56) Doors  57) Shakira  58) Beach Boys  59) Cat Stevens  60) Bon Jovi  61) Ub40  62) Joe Cocker  63) Whitney Houston  64) Phil Collins  65) Enrique Iglesias  66) Ricky Martin  67) Ray Charles  68) K3  69) Zz Top  70) Van Morrison  71) Ringo Starr  72) Stevie Wonder  73) Gloria Estefan  74) Supertramp  75) Jethro Tull  76) Black Sabbath  77) Marco Borsato  78) Guns N? Roses  79) Neil Young  80) Chuck Berry  81) Billy Joel  82) Sting  83) Kinks  84) R.e.m.  85) Laura Pausini  86) Genesis  87) Who  88) Monkees  89) Animals  90) Simple Minds  91) Prince  92) Aretha Franklin  93) B.b. King  94) Iron Maiden  95) Pearl Jam  96) Christina Aguilera  97) Alice Cooper  98) Depeche Mode  99) Nirvana  100) Gary Moore Top 70 songs 1) Always On My Mind - Elvis Presley 2) Fernando - Abba 3) Dancing Queen - Abba 4) Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison 5) Spanish Eyes - Elvis Presley 6) Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Elvis Presley 7) Chiquitita - Abba 8) Massachusetts - Bee Gees 9) Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley 10) Imagine - John Len non 11) Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley 12) California Blue - Roy Orbison 13) My Way - Elvis Presley 14) Billie Jean - Michael Jackson 15) In Dreams - Roy Orbison 16) Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison 17) Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison 18) I Have A Dream - Abba 19) Yesterday - Beatles 20) Mamma Mia - Abba 21) Thriller - Michael Jackson 22) Amazing Grace - Elvis Presley 23) Unchained Melody - Roy Orbison 24) Can?t Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley 25) Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley 26) Ave Maria - Celine Dion 27) And I Love You So - Elvis Presley 28) Blue Moon - Elvis Presley 29) Hey Jude - Beatles 30) I Started A Joke - Bee Gees 31) My Way - Frank Sinatra 32) Hotel California - Eagles 33) A Big Hunk O? Love - Elvis Presley 34) Bridge Over Troubled Water  Elvis Presley 35) The Winner Takes It All - Abba 36) Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival 37) Ben - Michael Jackson 38) Waterloo - Abba 39) Stayin? Alive - Bee Gees 40) Words - Bee Gees 41) How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees 42) Crying - Roy Orbison 43) Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley 44) Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley 45) Beat It - Michael Jackson 46) A Day In The Life - Beatles 47) Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen 48) Let It Be - Beatles 49) Only You - Roy Orbison 50) Sweet Caroline - Roy Orbison 51) A Hard Day?s Night - Beatles 52) Bad - Michael Jackson 53) Earth Song - Michael Jackson 54) Woman - John Len non 55) Imagine (live) - John Len non 56) Heal The World - Michael Jackson 57) Stand By Me - John Len non 58) Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond 59) O Sole Mio - Andrea Bocelli 60) Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel 61) Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson 62) Strangers In The Night - Frank Sinatra 63) Black Or White - Michael Jackson 64) Only You - John Len non 65) My Sweet Lord - George Harrison 66) What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong 67) 24 Horas - Julio Iglesias 68) Everybody Loves Somebody - Dean Martin 69) I Just Can?t Stop Lovin You - Michael Jackson 70) Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson TOP singers Elvis Presley Michael Jackson Elton John Madonna Roy Orbison Cliff Richard Tom Petty  Tina Turner Bob Dylan  David Bowie Lou Reed Sting Peter Gabriel Phil Collins Cat Stevens Elvis Costello  Van Morrison  Bruce Springsteen Rod Stewart  Tom Jones Suzanne Vega Barbra Streisand  Robbie Williams Lenny Kravitz Billy Joel Paul Simon Bryan Adams Justin Timberlake Christina Aguilera Avril Lavigne Alicia Keys Withney Houston ... and more ROCK Radiohead Oasis Verve Nirvana Red Hot Chili Peppers Beastie Boys Faith No More Smashing Pumpkins Counting Crows Pearl Jam Alice in Chains Soundgarden Ash Blur R.e.m. Guns N' Roses  10,000 Maniacs Bon Jovi Jeff Buckley ...and more R&B Ray Charles Aretha Franklin Steve Wonder James Brown Blues Brothers Sam Cooke The Temptations  Jamiroquai Prince